North West NHS Project Manager Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the NHS Project Manager role in IT contracts within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited NHS Project Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

NHS Project Manager
Location Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Devon East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Exeter Hampshire Huddersfield Hull Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West Portsmouth South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Walsall West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	98	142
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching contract IT job ads	29	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.041 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.867 %	0.124 %
Daily rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum daily rate	£350	£450
Average daily rate	£375	£500
% change on same period last year	-25.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£390
% change on same period last year	-5.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.79	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+5.95 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3344	4045
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.708 %	4.088 %
Daily rates quoted	783	827
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£320
Average daily rate	£341	£338
% change on same period last year	+0.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	467	456
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.62	£20.30
Average hourly rate	£23.40	£21.94
% change on same period last year	+6.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.19	£23.58
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.76	£25.22
% change on same period last year	-5.77 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing NHS Project Manager across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing NHS Project Manager across the North West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing NHS Project Manager across the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing NHS Project Manager across the North West region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing NHS Project Manager within the North West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	+2	8	£383	-30.30 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited NHS Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with NHS Project Manager in their job title.

1 51 (100.00 %) NHS 2 21 (41.18 %) Health 3 10 (19.61 %) NPfIT 4 9 (17.65 %) Project Management 4 9 (17.65 %) PRINCE2 5 8 (15.69 %) Stakeholder Management 6 4 (7.843 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 3 (5.882 %) Finance 8 2 (3.922 %) Legal 8 2 (3.922 %) MS Visio 8 2 (3.922 %) Pharmaceutical 8 2 (3.922 %) Workflow 8 2 (3.922 %) Business Analysis 8 2 (3.922 %) Requirements Analysis 9 1 (1.961 %) Project Planning

9 1 (1.961 %) Supplier Management 9 1 (1.961 %) Local Government 9 1 (1.961 %) Strategic Planning 9 1 (1.961 %) Problem Management 9 1 (1.961 %) Data Migration 9 1 (1.961 %) Data Protection 9 1 (1.961 %) Information Security 9 1 (1.961 %) MPLS 9 1 (1.961 %) Blackberry 9 1 (1.961 %) LAN 9 1 (1.961 %) VoIP 9 1 (1.961 %) ITIL Certification 9 1 (1.961 %) SharePoint 9 1 (1.961 %) C 9 1 (1.961 %) ITIL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited NHS Project Manager in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with NHS Project Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (1.961 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 2 (3.922 %) MS Visio
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.961 %) LAN 1 1 (1.961 %) VoIP 1 1 (1.961 %) MPLS	General 1 21 (41.18 %) Health 2 3 (5.882 %) Finance 3 2 (3.922 %) Pharmaceutical 3 2 (3.922 %) Legal 4 1 (1.961 %) Local Government 4 1 (1.961 %) Telecoms 4 1 (1.961 %) Government
Miscellaneous 1 51 (100.00 %) NHS 2 10 (19.61 %) NPfIT 3 1 (1.961 %) PACS 3 1 (1.961 %) Blackberry	Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (17.65 %) PRINCE2 1 9 (17.65 %) Project Management 2 8 (15.69 %) Stakeholder Management 3 2 (3.922 %) Workflow 3 2 (3.922 %) Requirements Analysis 3 2 (3.922 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (1.961 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (1.961 %) Strategic Planning 4 1 (1.961 %) ITIL 4 1 (1.961 %) Project Planning 4 1 (1.961 %) Problem Management 4 1 (1.961 %) Data Migration 4 1 (1.961 %) Data Protection 4 1 (1.961 %) Migration 4 1 (1.961 %) Information Security 4 1 (1.961 %) Change Management 4 1 (1.961 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 1 (1.961 %) C	Qualifications 1 4 (7.843 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (1.961 %) ITIL Certification